I've been selling people on this idea of Sabbath, lately, having just experienced yet another day of stoppage from the rat race. Last night, a friend of mine asked me what I was did on Sabbath, what the experience looked like. Truth to tell, I'm just feeling my way along based on a couple of …
Drips and Ripples
The world out my window is still this morning. No wind at all, which means the cool air out there just won't come in. My office and bedroom are hot, humid with malaise and early reluctance. It's like that sometimes; just through the portal there, there's relief from the sweaty doldrums, but nonetheless, there's work …
For Us
Here's what I mean. The great command is "to love the Lord Your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength." Forgive me for sounding like a five-year-old, and believe me, I mean no disrespect, but I have to ask...why? Not why love God as if He didn't deserve it, as if I'm out …
Evangelical Atheists
Atheism is on the offensive. The slew of new books out (none of which I've read yet) by people like Christopher Hutchins (God is Not Great -- #11 at Amazon), Sam Harris (The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason and Letter to a Christian Nation), and Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion …
Still Easter
By now Easter consciousness is long gone for most people I know. Mine, too, unless I wrench it back into place. This morning's stream of consciousness "what does Easter season mean?" sort of entry means to do just that. Hope. It starts with hope. But hope for what? For eternal life? Sure, but my kids …
JEFF BERRYMAN 